1 Rupee - Shah Alam II [Daulat Rao] Sipri

Reverse

Pseudo mint name : Narwar
Regnal year

Comment

Ruler: Daulat Rao

Narwar fort was taken in AD1789 by Sindhia and the Raja forced to pay tribute. This event may have induced the Raja of Sipri to strike his own coin, although recognising his alliance to the Narwar Raja by retaining the name of his mint. The contemporary coins of Narwar show a lotus bud and as it is unlikely that both coin types were struck in one and the same mint, the coins without the lotus bud are assigned to Sipri.
It is presumed to be a coin of Sipri, struck by the local Raja as feudatory to Narwar. As Narwar in AD1789 had become a tributary to Sindhias , the Sipri coins can, indirectly, be attributed to the Sindhias as well.
In RY#47 of Shah Alam II i.e AD1804/05, the Raja of Sipri submitted to Daulat Roa Sindhia and the coins struck after that date are clearly Sindhia issues.

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